Background

GLAM Peak’s drive to progress digital access to collections resulted in a two-year project, 2016-2018, funded by the Australian Government through Catalyst, the Australian Arts and Culture Fund. This project saw the development and delivery of:

• A toolkit aimed at smaller collecting institutions
• Case studies addressing the opportunities and challenges
• Research into digital access strategies internationally
• 10 regional workshops with the support of technology partners
• A draft national framework for Australia
• State digital access plans.

Status

We continue to advocate for:

• The adoption of national, state, territory and local government digital access to collections strategies
• Dedicated funding for digitisation and digital access
• Initiatives to help build the capacity of smaller cultural institutions.